St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
SANITY CITY DoINGs.
President Hill, Of the Manitoba, Gives a
Council Committee Facts Regard
ing His Company's Shops.
Possibilities of General Strike Among
Union Carpenters, Though None
Has Been Ordered Yet.
Some of the Men Found at the HOTELS
News Of Interest to the Regu-
lar Army.
AVIsIT FROM MIR. HILL.
The Magnate Of the Manitoba Be.
fore a Council Committee.

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The Magnate OF the Manitoba Be-
fore a Council Committee.
J.J. Hill, president of the Manitoba
road, and Allan Marvel, general man.
ager, were before the council commit
tee on streets at the council chamber
last night. The object of their visit was
the order recently passed by the council
for bridge to be built over the COM
pany's tracks at Park avenue. AL
though MI Hill profeSSed not to care
what action the council might take, it
was evident that he did not want the
order passed. He and Mr.. Marvel had
a long consultation with Corporation
Attorney Murray in the afternoon, and
last evening, accompanied by President
Upham, OF the German-American bank,
and primed with logic and argument,
they came into the council chamber
while the committee was labOring with
q resolution to locate an alley back of
the property of Lawyer Bramhall'S
clients on jackson street. The railroad
magnate smiled as he took his Derby
hat OFF and displayed the shining upper
of his brainy Uranium. The matter of
his concern had not yet come before the
committee, and after nOdding Familiarity
chamber looking over the portraits of
former city fathers and prominent
men. He stopped when he came
to the corner where hung
portrait of Commodore Kittson
as he appeared i'll his young days, and,
calling Mr.. Upham'S attention to it,
laughed heartily when that gentleman
refused to believe that it was likeness
of the commodore. The many-million-
of hA To- in ha
country then exchanged few pleasant
remarks with Aid. Cullen, who thought
back fourteen years, when Jim" drove
him out seven miles in the country to
sell him 200 cords of wood which he had
bought on ''Spec." Then Mr.. Hill and
Aid. Petsch had a short talk, which was
Interrupted by the reading of a reSelu-
ton, passed by the chamber of COM
merce, recommending to the council a
reversal of the order to bridge Park av-
enue. This was
MIR. HILLS AFTER,
and he got around and took seat in
front of the aldermen and begun to talk
without delay. The substance of all his
remarks was to the effect that it was
the duty of the council to dc all it could
to keep the great shops of the road in
st. Paul, but the road must have more
land to enlarge the shops, and they
could only do so if the council would
vacate Park avenue. He talked in
jerky, business tone, except when quot
ing figures, which he rolled Off in way
that fairly took the breath of the alder
men. He said:
sit is a new thing for us to come be-
fore the council, and believe it is the
first time. don't want to ask the council
to take any action in the matter, partic-
ularly in our behalf. As the thing
stands now, we expect to double the ca
pacity of our shops. While that was a
first rate location for the shops then, at
this time there are better-very much
better. We have arrived at that time
when we need as much more capacity
as we have here. Speaking from the
company's standpoint, it would be
great deal of money in the company'S
pocket not tesput in shops here in addi-
ton to those we have, and even
to consolidate the shops some
where else. You can see. The
bulk of our tonnage is graid, and that is
going to Lake Superior. 1t passes nearly
all through st. Cloud, either going to
Lake Superior or coming here. want
to speak in all frankneSS about this
matter, because it is an unfortunate
situation for the company. But don't
like to como here and ask the city coun-
Gil to vacate the street, because we
mightten years from now be compelled to
either abandon these shops or duplicate
them somewhere else. The increase in
the co2Gpany'S business has been very
great, and it has helped not only the
road, but it has helped us all. These
machines have all to be taken care of.
If you should put
CUR CARS IN LINE
ON single track they wsald cover from
10 to IS miles. We do net like to con-
template taking any sSeps toward NOV
ing the SAs1s. Looking into the future,
II our prosperity and growth was ONE
quarter for the next eight years what
the full capacity they weala net half do
We would probably be good deal bet
ter Off if we should move, but at
the same tisse We want to continue
there. 1t is a large plant
there, but net half big enough. But L
don't know but it would bea great favor
TO the-cenpary if yeu would force them
to go somewhere out on the prairie
Still | Shsnld think it would be matter
G pride. Il would make difference Of
4,es0 or $3.50 people to st. Paul, and
perhaps il we enlarge, as many more
again. If We could double the size of
this plant it would keep us comfortably
five or six years"
Mr.. Hill then explained by the city
chart how the shops eslild be enlarged
If Park avenue WAS out of the way.
When he ceased the committee passed a
favorable report on the resolution. After
this action sr. Upham, president of
Mr.. Hills bank, insisted on few re-
marks, showing what q great Institution
the Manitoba road was, and how inval-
liable to the prosperity Of st. Paul was
the location of the shops here. Mr. Hill
smiled aaGakly upon his friend as he re-
lated how anxious Minneapolis and
other cities were to secure the shops,
and then he said good evening to the
aldermen, PIT; on his hat and walked
out, followed by Ar. MARVEL and MIR.
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